---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-098770"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VLO"
cik: "0001035002"
company_name: "VALERO ENERGY CORP/TX"
filed_at: "2026-03-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T17:27:49.714863+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Valero Energy issues $850M of 5.150% Senior Notes due 2036

## Summary
- $850M aggregate principal, 5.150% coupon, due 2036.
- Underwriting group led by SMBC Nikko, Citigroup, MUFG, and Wells Fargo.
- Closing scheduled for March 10, 2026; issued under Valero's 2015 indenture.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-098770
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VLO
- cik: 0001035002
- company_name: VALERO ENERGY CORP/TX
- filed_at: 2026-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035002/000119312526098770/0001193125-26-098770-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035002/000119312526098770/d109706d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-098770.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  VALERO ENERGY CORP/TX entered into Underwriting Agreement with SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters valued at $850,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.150% Senior Notes due 2036 (effective 2026-03-05).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: underwriting
  - Counterparty: SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters
  - Value: $850,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.150% Senior Notes due 2036
  - Effective: 2026-03-05
  source text: On March 5, 2026, Valero Energy Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, relating to the issuance and sale of $850,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.150% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035002/000119312526098770/0001193125-26-098770-index.htm

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